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The Tigers had a three-year record that was the worst in the game and now have a midseason record that’s the best in the game. As much as I like the Oakland A’s squad, the Angels cannot be counted out at this point. Name a better rotation than Jered Weaver, Santana, Colon, Escobar and Lackey.…

Injury of the week (if not the year): Brewers reliever Matt Wise is temporarily shelved after an injury caused by a pair of salad tongs. He cut the middle finger on his pitching hand while reaching for the aluminum tongs in the postgame spread. This is the same Matt Wise who strained his shoulder on…

The Red Sox set the major league record for consecutive games without an error at 17 Friday. Johan Santana lowered his ERA to 2.59 with seven shutout innings Wednesday. Amazingly, it was his first outing all year long in which he didn’t allow at least one run. Speaking of Johan, he finishes June with a…

Maybe it’s time to reevaluate how valuable Jamie Moyer is as a fantasy pitcher, at least if you play in a daily transaction league. The sample set is large enough now to realize the home/road splits are not a fluke and can be fully taken advantage of. Since last year, Moyer has a 5.79 ERA…

SS Orlando Cabrera has reached base safely in 50 consecutive games, the longest streak in the majors since 2003, when Barry Bonds did so in 58 straight. Speaking of Bonds, his recent three-strikeout game was his first since June 12, 2003. Maybe the old Barry really is never coming back. If Roger Clemens averages six…

Cory Sullivan became the eighth player in baseball history Wednesday to record four sacrifice bunts in a game – a game the Rockies won 14-8. Probably not the best strategy to give outs away when your team is scoring two touchdowns worth of runs. If that’s not enough, he followed that up with three more…

The Giants certainly didn’t draw it up this way. In 225 games with both Moises Alou and Barry Bonds on the payroll, they’ve been in the same lineup together just 26 times. Unsurprisingly, the Giants have a .696 winning percentage with them both in and a .451 with them out. Asked Friday if it might…

76-year-old Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson claims that he can leg-press 2,000 pounds. Impossible? Maybe, but his Web site says he drinks a shake that includes, yep, flaxseed oil. Carl Crawford nearly tears knee ligament arguing a call with the homeplate umpire. Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Hall of Fame radio announcer, has filed a restraining…

Cincinnati’s Adam Dunn has 17 homers and 16 singles entering the weekend. Can it get any worse for the Kansas City Royals? They’re the first team in more than 100 years to have two double-digit losing streaks before their 44th game. They’re the first team in more than 50 years to be 22 games out…

Jake Plummer, I understand how you would be sensitive to people in your rearview mirror after the Cutler acquisition, but no need for the road rage. Ryan Madson threw 105 pitches in relief Tuesday. Good thing he’s stretched out, as the Cole Hamels injury came quicker than even the pessimists could have expected. Speaking of…

Danny Almonte, yes that Danny Almonte, was named to the PlayStation All-American Baseball Game and will join some of the country’s best prospects at the event in New Mexico on June 7. Almonte, a pitcher and first baseman whose fastball has been clocked in the low 90s, is expected to be drafted by a major…

In the same game that featured a triple play, Mark Buehrle became the first pitcher since 1900 to win a game after giving up seven runs in the first inning. What is up with Chan Ho Park? Not only is he pitching well, but Park, a career .083 hitter, also went 3-for-3 with two RBI…

In the fourth inning Wednesday night, Bruce Froemming forgot the count and rang up Josh Barfield on a second strike. Is it merely a coincidence that Curt Schilling’s season to this point can be divided into two halves, the four starts before he hurled 133 pitches at Cleveland and the four following that night? Schilling…

In their first 14 games with Derrek Lee, the Cubs scored 73 runs, and in the following 16 games, they scored 40. Colorado’s bullpen has allowed only five homers, the fewest in the majors. The best the team has ever ranked in this category at the end of a season is 25th, in 1998. The…

After going 0-for-4 on Sunday, Vernon Wells snapped a 29-game streak of reaching base safely. Wells’ hot start set a major league record for consecutive games of reaching base to start the season. Edgar Renteria’s 22-game hitting streak (and counting) is the longest to start a season since 1976. According to Bill Arnold’s Beyond the…

In addition to his fielding woes, a Sports Illustrated poll of 470 players named Derek Jeter on the most ballots as the most over-rated player in baseball. Keep your eyes on Cole Hamels and Jered Weaver. Both look likely to be called up soon and would be worth picking up even in shallow leagues. Something…

With April in the books, let’s look at some highlights throughout Major League Baseball so far: Chris Shelton reached nine home runs faster than anyone in Major League history, and Albert Pujols set an April record with 14 homers. Eric Chavez credits his best-ever start to a season, .301/.392/.687, to eating lots and lots of…

I’m as big of a Billy Beane fan that you’ll find, but two of his biggest recent acquisitions, Jason Kendall and Esteban Loaiza, are looking pretty terrible. Expensive too. Don’t look now, but Corey Patterson is all of a sudden a valuable fantasy commodity. Put a fork in Oliver Perez; he’s done. Rich Harden is…